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The foundation stone of the EU monetary union

It marked the birth of the euro, when a new era in the history of European cooperation began 20 years ago with a brief...more

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Goods transport in 2011: volume of transport increasing 6.5%

Goods transport in Germany increased markedly in 2011. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical...more

OHB System awarded contract for the construction of a further eight Galileo navigation satellites

The Vice President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani, yesterday 2 February announced the signature of a...more

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Cosmopolitan Master of Art

Okwui Enwezor has brought a new international dimension to contemporary art in Europe and the USA and made way for...more

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The new film from Helmut Dietl  

German documentary films  

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German Information Centre New Delhi

News, information and updates on Germany and its role and relations with South Asia, covering...more

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German Information Centre Pretoria

The German Information Centre Pretoria aims to be the first contact point for up-to-date...more

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German Information Center USA

The German Information Center USA (GIC) makes it easy for you to find information about...more

The New Lightness and Freedom of German Literature

Too intellectual, too complex, too introspective: often German-language literature was not rated very highly by domestic readers. But the times are changing. Felicitas von Lovenberg, literary critic with the daily Frankfurter...more

An Extraordinary Woman

Fatmire “Lira” Bajramaj is the shooting star of the German national women’s football team – with an unusual career. A portraitmore

Germany – Land of Sport: Facts and Figures

Interesting facts about Germany - the Land of Sportmore

People on the Move

Sport breaks down barriers; it can open up new perspectives on life and strengthen civil society: good reasons for international sports cooperation.more

What Goethe Didn’t Know

Eleven curious items from the world of the German language which even Germany’s most famous poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, would not have known.more

Epiphany and Form

Football can be a world view and the object of contemplation for great minds. Football and intellectuals: a passionate relationship at the very highest levelmore

How Important Is Sport for a Nation’s Image, Mr. Anholt?

How much does sport influence a country’s image? An interview with British political advisor Simon Anholt about countries as brandsmore

Ten Reasons for German

Too many cases, too many genders, too many rules? Is German really so difficult? No, says bestseller writer Bastian Sick: “It’s easy – after all, everyone manages with that.” And he gives ten more reasons for learning German –...more

Between Schiller and the Internet

Biopoetics, digital humanities and intercultural philology: German studies is facing the challenges of the information age with new areas of research. One advantage for the first B.A. graduates is that courses have become more...more

Kenichi Mishima: German as a Dialect of Philosophy

The Japanese philosophy professor Kenichi Mishima has lived, taught and done research in Germany and Japan since the 1970s. We asked him: Is German the language of philosophy?more

“Greater Passion for German”

The President of the Goethe-Institut Professor Klaus-Dieter Lehmann talks about language and identity and why it is worth learning German as a foreign languagemore

What Role Does German Play Internationally?

What role does German play in today’s world? Prof. Ulrich Ammon, a distinguished sociolinguist, examines the position of the German language in business, science, politics – and on the Internetmore

Jonathan Franzen: Why Languages Must Change

American bestselling author Jonathan Franzen studied German – in Pennsylvania, Munich and Berlin. An interview about the German language and the “annoying question of gender”more

The OC President

An interview with Steffi Jones, former world-class player and President of the Organizing Committee (OC), on the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011more

"We are one of the teams that could win the title"

An interview with Germany coach Joachim “Jogi” Löw on the 2010 World Cup, the host country South Africa, and Germany’s chancesmore

“German is a global subject par excellence”

How attractive is German studies outside Germany? An interview with Professor Dr. Franciszek Grusza, President of the International Association for Germanic Studiesmore

Witty, Lively, Useful: The multifaceted German language

The Federal Foreign Office and its partners want to inspire more young people abroad to learn German – with the “German – Language of Ideas” initiativemore

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